At an airfield/0.0 mi away/851 ft/32 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Airport, Arizona
Small airport in Maricopa County, Arizona* WHAT...East winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Aguila Valley, Gila Bend, Sonoran Desert Natl Monument, Tonopah Desert, West Pinal County, Central La Paz, Gila River Valley, Kofa, and Yuma. * WHEN...From 5 AM to 3 PM MST Friday. * IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions, especially for larger vehicles traveling along roads with crosswinds. Light, unsecured objects may become airborne. Localized channels of blowing dust may briefly lower visibility under one mile and lots of lofted dust may create poor air quality across the area.
A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of between 30 and 40 mph are expected, or wind gusts of between 40 and 58 mph. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. In addition, strong winds over desert areas could result in briefly lowered visibilities to well under a mile at times in blowing dust or blowing sand. Use extra caution.
77°
92°/70°
Clear·
Feels like 77°·Gentle breeze 13 mph ENE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Airport until 3 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 84° after 92° today.
Now. Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Airport is 77° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 88° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 73° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 90°, and the coolest Thursday, near 81°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:14 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
28Air quality
29%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
77feels77
13mph
Today
Oct 16
9270
30mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8471
14%
24mph
Sun
Oct 18
8768
14mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8968
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
9069
11%
12mph
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
8668
20%
16mph
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
8164
17%
UV 6
77°
92°70°
84°71°
87°68°
89°68°
90°69°
86°68°
81°64°
As of 3:00 AM in Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Airport, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Airport
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Gila River Indian Community (AZ), 57 miles off.
28Good
- Ozone28Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)16Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 38, good.
GoodModerate
- 38YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GXF
- ICAO
- KGXF
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 883 ft
- Serves
- Gila Bend
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GXF
- Wind now
- From 50° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 8,503 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 5 mph head, on 35 | 6 mph from the right |
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Aqua Caliente - Oatman RAWSOTMA3
A remote fire weather station/26.7 mi away/1,660 ft/777 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Gila BendGLBA3
At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/722 ft/161 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Gila Bend 1.0 NWAZ-MR-662
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/725 ft/158 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Arizona
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Gila Bendtown, 4 mi
- Thebacommunity, 9 mi
- Arlingtoncommunity, 30 mi
- Kakacommunity, 35 mi
- Ajocommunity, 36 mi
- Wintersburgcommunity, 38 mi
- Buckeyecity, 39 mi
- Ak-Chin Villagecommunity, 40 mi
- Ventanacommunity, 40 mi
- Santa Cruzcommunity, 40 mi
- Gila Crossingcommunity, 42 mi
- Maricopacity, 42 mi
Airports near Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Airport
- Buckeye Municipal AirportBXK, 37 mi
- Phoenix Goodyear AirportGYR, 42 mi
- Ak-Chin Regional AirportA39, 47 mi
- Luke Air Force BaseLUF, 49 mi
- Glendale Municipal AirportGEU, 51 mi
- Casa Grande Municipal AirportCGZ, 55 mi
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International AirportPHX, 56 mi
- Chandler Municipal AirportCHD, 59 mi